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About Chiral Photonics
Chiral Photonics is a fast-growing photonics manufacturing company enabling next-generation optical connectivity. We specialize in high-precision fiber-optic components and assemblies that support advanced data center, AI, and communications infrastructure. As we scale production, we are building strong operational foundations rooted in standard work, quality, and continuous improvement.
Role Overview
The Operations Project Manager sits at the intersection of production planning and project/program management and plays a critical role in translating customer demand, business strategy, and operational capabilities into executable plans.
This role is responsible for:
- Production Forecasting and Capacity Planning (~40%) — Developing and maintaining production forecasts and capacity plans to ensure the organization has the right people, stations, and sequencing in place to meet customer demand.
- Portfolio Project Management (~40%) — Driving execution and alignment across a portfolio of operational, manufacturing, engineering, and business initiatives, ensuring priorities are clearly sequenced, resources are allocated appropriately, and projects progress according to plan.
- Additional Assignments (~20%) — Supporting the Operations and Production Directors with operational initiatives as needed. This may include, but is not limited to, reviewing and updating standard operating procedures (SOPs) across the product lifecycle, supporting process improvement efforts, and assisting with operational coordination.
This is a highly cross-functional role that partners closely with Production, Process Engineering, R&D, Sales, and Leadership. The ideal candidate is structured, analytical, and detail-oriented, and is comfortable bringing clarity, organization, and strong follow-through to complex operational challenges.
Key Responsibilities
1. Production Forecasting & Planning (~40%)
- Own and maintain production forecasts across standard, custom, and R&D orders.
- Translate demand into capacity and resource plans, including labor, stations/equipment, and shift planning.
- Maintain resource models by station, value stream, and operator.
- Partner with Production, Process and Engineering to assign work, identify bottlenecks, and mitigate risks.
- Track forecast vs. actual performance and improve planning accuracy.
- Support planning in a high-mix, high-volume manufacturing environment with both production and R&D workstreams.
- Support scale decisions, including staffing, cross-training, additional stations, and automation opportunities.
2. Project & Portfolio Management (~40%)
- Manage a portfolio of cross-functional initiatives across manufacturing scale, process improvement, engineering enablement, and operational systems.
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and dependencies.
- Drive execution by tracking actions, ensuring follow-through, and escalating risks.
- Help leadership sequence priorities and align resources across operational initiatives.
- Prepare status updates, dashboards, and decision materials.
3. Additional Assignments (~20%)
Support Operations and Production leadership with initiatives that improve execution, standardization, and cross-functional coordination, including:
- Maintaining and improving SOPs and work instructions across the product lifecycle.
- Supporting process improvement initiatives to improve throughput and reduce cycle time.
- Assisting with operational reporting, dashboards, and data analysis.
- Contributing to special projects and operational initiatives as needed.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in manufacturing operations planning and program/project management, or manufacturing operations (startup or scale‐up experience strongly preferred)
- Strong analytical skills with hands‐on experience in:
- Forecasting and capacity planning
- Resource modeling and scenario analysis
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working in a fast‐paced, evolving environment
- Ability to manage stakeholders at various levels.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in manufacturing, hardware, photonics, semiconductors, or advanced technology environments
- Familiarity with:
- High‐volume / high mix production
- R&D and custom order workflows
- Lean, continuous improvement, or operational excellence frameworks
- Advanced proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets; experience with planning or PM tools is a plus
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JOB SUMMARY
This position is responsible for assisting with one or more construction projects with the management of the overall planning, scheduling, code compliance, cost tracking, safety, and completion of these projects. The position requires business management acumen, and the candidate must demonstrate strong leadership, organizational and time management skills and have strong communication and team building skills. The ideal candidate should have experience in residential construction.
WORK HOURS:
Weekdays 7 am to 5 pm; Saturdays 7 am- 1pm, as required
Primary Responsibilities:
- Study and understand plans, specifications, blueprints, and process submittals.
- Work with and assist project coordination and support staff in distributing all project data and documents to the project team.
- Maintain field set of project drawings and specifications.
- Work with and assist the project manager and the superintendent in coordinating, scheduling, and managing all construction activities.
- Maintain accurate time-keeping and construction activity records.
- Coordinate information flow between field personnel, sub-contractors and design team.
- Assist in reviewing and evaluating sub-contractor proposals including preparation of cost comparison/leveling charts as required.
- Monitor site activities and material receiving – ensure that material received is properly inspected for quantity and quality, and for compliance with specifications and approved submittals.
- Work with and assist the project manager and the superintendent with all jobsite reporting requirements, including daily reports, field purchase orders, weekly unit reports/meetings, weekly updates to the “two week look-ahead” and monthly updates to the construction schedule.
- Familiarize yourself with shop drawing and submittals and monitor the submittal schedule, contract documents, various tracking logs to comply with contract and company reporting requirements.
- Attend required jobsite meetings and take meeting minutes to present to all attending and non-attending parties.
- Maintain safety standards – safety planning is to be included in all pre-job planning and considered foremost in the daily operations.
- Maintain quality consistent with the company standards. Any repetitive quality problems with a subcontractor or vendor should be brought to management’s attention. The company has a policy and past record of providing high quality work and this standard is to be maintained on each project.
- Identify and aggressively follow up on all punch-list items.
- Close out the project in compliance with the contract documents.
- Satisfy the subcontractors, vendors and the company.
- Be sensitive to special requirements of the customer, subs, vendors or neighbors to ensure satisfactory relations.
- Other duties as assigned.
PRE-REQUISITES:
- Requires Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or related Bachelor’s degree.
- Requires 2+ years of stick-framed multifamily residential construction experience in Sitework experience preferred.
- Requires superior communication and interpersonal (tact, diplomacy, influence, etc.) skills essential both within the internal project team and externally with subcontractors, labor force, etc.
- Requires the ability to work with and have knowledge of the shop drawing submittal process.
- Requires the ability to read and comprehend building plans and specifications and able to comprehend and recognize safety standards and issues.
- Requires the ability to determine the priority of assignments based on critical deadlines.
- Requires the ability to resolve field-initiated questions.
- Requires understanding of construction contracts, retention, and releases.
- Requires the ability to interact with all levels of personnel and customers.
- Must possess strength in verbal and written communications.
- Requires ability to meet deadlines and work in a structured corporate environment.
- Requires the ability to be self-motivated and work independently with minimal supervision.
- Requires a high degree of ethics and integrity.
- Requires the ability to maintain confidentiality of all company and customer information.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.
Benefit Highlights:
- $2k relocation benefit
- We match 50% of the first 6% of 401k contributions
- No wait period for Health Benefits & we contribute $1k to the HSA plan
- We have assistance for student loans as well as tuition reimbursement
- We have a great employee referral program
- We offer a housing discount in all our communities
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